Appder

Appder was an experiment in how to add social elements and everyones favorite swiping mechanic to the process of app discovery. By swiping right (like) or left (dislike) on iOS apps the reccomendation algorithm provides better and better results. Appder had full access to App Store screenshots, descriptions and reviews. It was a fun concept for what a new age App Store could look like for the iOS platform. Sadly, Apple did not agree, and the app was never approved for release on the App Store. 😢

Technology

Appder used Facebook login in order to share your liked apps with your friends. The app data came from performing a daily scrape of the App Store API. A native iOS app was then created that interacted with a Ruby on Rails API.